{"nrhp_refnum":"66000046","name":"Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":null,"address_restricted":true,"city":"Fredericksburg (Independent City)","county":"Fredericksburg","state":"VA","lat":38.24796278000005,"lon":-77.68079032598331,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A national military park and cemetery of about 4,601 acres in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, preserving the sites of four major Civil War battles, plus a detached site south of the city where General T. J. Jackson died.","why_significant":"The countryside between Washington and Richmond saw the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House, with more than 100,000 casualties within a 17-mile radius. The park also holds the house where Confederate General Jackson died on May 10, 1863. Surviving earthworks, the Stone Wall, ruins and houses mark these campaigns.","narrative":"Four major Civil War battles were fought in the countryside around Fredericksburg, Virginia, midway between the rival capitals of Washington and Richmond. This national military park and cemetery covers about 4,601 acres and preserves parts of the Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania battlefields. Surviving features include roughly 35 sets of earthworks totaling 37 miles, a 50-yard remnant of the Stone Wall at the Sunken Road, and shallow trenches at the Bloody Angle. Standing buildings include Salem Church, built in 1844 and still scarred by bullets and shells, and Chatham, a Georgian mansion of the 1760s used as a Union headquarters and hospital. The national cemetery holds nearly 16,000 soldiers. A detached site at Guinea Station contains the Jackson Shrine, where General T. J. Jackson died in 1863. Many other houses and the Catharine Furnace survive only as ruins or sites.","period_of_significance":"December 1862 - May 1864","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian (for Chatham)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Park lands are in good condition but altered. Roads and modern development surround and cross the battlefields. Several structures are ruins or sites with no visible remains.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.704786-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/6808/41680849/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/66000046.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000046/79a24568db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000046/79a24568db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RebelAt at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fredburgcemetary.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RebelAt at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fredburgcemetary.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680849","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericksburg_and_Spotsylvania_National_Military_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181893"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fredericksburg/fredericksburg-and-spotsylvania-county-battlefields-memorial-national-military-p-66000046/"}